Labor Notes shares their perspective with After GM Boasts Higher Revenue, Autoworkers Strike It’s Cash Cow…
General Motors CEO Mary Barra started her day boasting to company investors how much car sales and revenues have recently climbed. GM top brass posted revenue of $44 billion in July through September, up 5 percent from last year. Total vehicle sales grew 21 percent.
Two hours later, Auto Workers reminded her who made those revenues happen. The Auto Workers (UAW) struck GM’s most profitable plant, the massive Arlington Assembly, just outside Dallas.
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